Graveside service for Teresa Jean Willingham age 60 of Fayetteville, TN will be conducted at 1:30 pm on Sunday, October 24, at Cedar Hills Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will be from 11 pm until 1 pm on Sunday at Higgins Funeral Home.

Teresa was born on June 22, 1961, in Fayetteville to the late J.D. and Kathleen Landers Fox. She was a CNA at Lincoln Skilled Care. Teresa loved her family, especially her grandbabies. She enjoyed sewing, mainly when her children were growing up, scratch-offs, riding with anyone that would drive her around, and cheering for the Tennessee Titans. Teresa passed away on October 21, 2021, at Lincoln Medical Center.

Teresa is survived by her husband, Marvin Willingham; children, Charles (Keawana) Howard, Tashauna (Terrence) Lyle, and Jasmine Cashin all of Fayetteville; grandchildren, Charles Howard III, Ezekiel Howard, Yashariy Howard, Zhiya Robinson, Romello Twitty, Tessence Thomas, Terius Mastin, Kendreon Mastin, Zykia Howard, and Tania Thomas; great-granddaughter, Miyalynn Shelton; siblings, Lewis (Jean) Owens, James L. (Veronica) Fox, Thomas (Bridget) Fox, Larry Fox, Brenda Dance, Linda Bailey, Gary Fox, J.D. Fox, Jr., and Misty Fox; and a host of nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, and cousins. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband, Charles Howard; daughter, Sabrina Howard; siblings, John Robert Owens, Mary Jones, and Rickey Fox.

Higgins Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Teresa Jean Willingham.